“It’s no secret that education is a key to success. It’s just interesting that this survey confirmed that Florida’s most wealthy residents have had the benefit of graduate and professional degrees and have had the determination and commitment to create their own successful destinies,” said Michael J. Dyer, managing director of BMO Private Bank in West Palm Beach.

To become a millionaire you have to do more than save money. So says Steve Siebold of Boynton Beach, a self-made millionaire who has interviewed some 1,200 other millionaires and wrote a book about his findings, How Rich People Think

Office Depot was exploring a merger with Staples a year ago, even as Palm Beach County and the state were finalizing a new $5 million package of incentives intended to keep the company's headquarters — and more than 2,000 jobs — in South Florida for years to come, securities...